TRAMPLED

Verb

trampled

simple past tense and past participle of trample

Source: Wiktionary


TRAMPLE

Tram"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trampled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling.] Etym: [OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See Tramp, v. t.]

1. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. Dryden. Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. Matt. vii. 6.

2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper.

Tram"ple, v. i.

1. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.

2. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon. Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own. Gov. of Tongue.

Tram"ple, n.

Definition: The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton. The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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